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Bug 8437

Summary: Gnome metadata corruption while running WindowMaker
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: randolph
Component: gnome-libsAssignee: Havoc Pennington <hp>
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gnome metadata file, believed to contain the bug-triggering errors none

Description randolph 2000-01-13 02:16:23 UTC 
Somehow, while running WindowMaker, the Gnome metadata.db becomes corrupt,
and when one clicks on a device icon, one's X session terminates abruptly.
Removing the metadata.db file solves the problem temporarily, but also
erases the desktop device icons.

WindowMaker 0.61.0, with patch, see bug id 6018

gnome-libs-1.0.53-1
Comment 1 randolph 2000-01-14 21:05:59 UTC 
Created attachment 55 [details]
gnome metadata file, believed to contain the bug-triggering errors
Comment 2 Havoc Pennington 2000-02-03 18:58:59 UTC 
I can't reproduce this, would need more information on why the X session
is crashing. I don't think WindowMaker should have anything to do with
the metadata database.